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Carver County Commissioner District 1 Candidate Q&A with Gayle Degler & Lisa Anderson

“Elections matter” seems to be plastered all over the media these days.  The elections that have the most direct impact on the day to day lives of voters are arguably the local races such as city council, school board seats and county commissioners.  You get taxed, you get services.  In Eastern Carver County, one of…

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Rich Wagner, President Dunwoody College of Technology- The value of an education in the trades

What Minnesota institution of higher learning has the highest ROI (return on investment) on tuition dollars spent relative to earning??? Dunwoody College of Technology has been turning out highly productive workers since 1914 and according to several metrics, has the best return on investment for your educational dollar. President Rich Wagner talks about the innovations,…

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Bob Roepke- A conversation about community, leadership and the upcoming elections

Bob Roepke is a local legend for his extensive community involvement dating back to the early ’80s.  Bob and I visit about the leadership qualities he likes to see in elected officials as we come into 2022 elections next month.  His life is an example of service to the community and he loves to talk…

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Jill Zieroth of the MDI (Minnesota Dairy Initiative) discusses the future of the family dairy farm

Jill Zieroth discusses the future of the family dairy farm in Minnesota.  The MDI comes along side the farmer with a full menu of support and expertise ranging from nutrition to planting cycles, veterinary care to financial management. If you care about where your food comes from regardless of political affiliatiation this is an important…

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Do you love Llama’s? Have we got a show for you! Amanda Bloomgren, founder of “Llama-Rama” talks about service and making a difference.

Amanda Bloomgren loves llamas and promises if you are nice to llamas, llamas will be nice to you. In addition to llamas, Amanda has a soft spot for supporting causes that build support networks for young adults in crisis. She’s tying the two together at the Carver County Fairground on October 8th. Join Amanda at…

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Clint Mack- Supervisor with Carver County FOSTER CARE talks about the acute need today for foster families here in Carver County.

Have you ever thought about being a foster parent? Good 🙂 Carver County Foster Care Supervisor Clint Mack explains what the needs are here and how you can be a foster parent so you can support kids and families. Opportunities beyond being a host family include being a “respite care” family who helps out when…

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Chaska High School Football Coach Bryan Dahl on developing great humans & doing the daily hard stuff

Chaska High School Football Coach Bryan Dahl on developing great humans, doing daily hard stuff and oh yeah, winning a lot of football games. Bryan is an inspired leader who is a tremendous asset to the community. — Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/greg-anderson29/message

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Welcome to Season 5 The Living In Carver County Podcast! (“how can my kid get credit?” )

Welcome to Season 5. I wanted to thank everyone who has been a guest, a listener, a talent scout, a encouraging voice and of course a few critics. You all matter to me and I’m grateful. Also, I wanted to share a little thing we did for my son to establish a credit rating before…

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Denis Halleron CEO of Carcierge, a private car shopping service dishes on all things cars or what I call; “Car buying 101”

Denis Halleron knows the car business after a lifetime of experience owning, operating multiple service shops and working for various dealers and he shares that wealth of experience with me on this episode.  What’s going on with cars these days?  Why are lots so empty? What do people mean when they say; “Global supply chain”?…

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Chaska Police Chief Ryan Siebert talks about police work in 2022

Ryan Siebert has been Chief of Police for a couple of years now and he has settled in nicely even though arguably there has never been a more challenging time to be in law enforcement.  We discuss the right reasons for becoming a public servant and how sometimes, for whatever reason, people lose that desire…

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